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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

How am I supposed to imagine a clothed pig splicing fiber cables or setting up a rack full of communications equipment with fiber patches. They don't even have opposable thumbs, how can they unplug an LC plug with its retention clip?

If my job isn't real I'm taking the internet down with me, then he can read his hand drawn memes to his neighbor.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Take the Internet. We'll be fine.

pats 1998 Encyclopedia Britannica

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

I'm embarassed to admit that before reading your comment I was not aware that encyclopedia britannica was available in hardcopy

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Am I missing the obvious sarcasm that is somehow not mentioned? as in this pig is an obvious CLASS TRAITOR for being a pig that sells parts of (presumably) other pigs?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

It's allll beef, no pig :)

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Isn't there a very famous children's story about a pig that is more equal than the other pigs?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I wouldn't exactly call it a children's story

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

My school had me read it when I was a kid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think you could read it to children.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You can read anything to children…

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Four legs good

Two legs ~~bad~~ better

[–] [email protected] 133 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I could totally imagine a clothed pig sitting in front of a computer

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Literally me (to be fair I'm not always clothed).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A pig wearing a shirt and tie, but no pants.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

So the average cartoon character

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pig in a cute sweater planing war crimes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

This looks nice.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Don't worry guys, it's human meat so it's not weird.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Understandable, have a great day.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Capitalism makes cannibals of us all. 😔

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

+

Edit: huh, the '+' did do what i intended but didn't believe it would work.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

You can't convince me the pig in the third pic isn't Winne the 🇨🇳 Pooh.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I dare you to find a job that can't be portrayed like that.

Hacker Pig? sure!

Neo matrix Pig? Sure

Politician? Almost indistinguishable

Holywood Director Pig? Nearly by default

Slaughterhouse Pig... NGL, that hits different, but still, I can see that.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago (4 children)

So a billionaire is a real job now? I don't even have to imagine a billionaire being a pig, they all already are!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

But imagine them in a childrens book doing their job

That is the hard ppart

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is just a stock image but it's not hard to imagine it being in a children's story. Besides, Scrooge McDuck is an existing character in a children's story that is a billionaire as a duck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

At least Scrooge McDuck isn't portrayed as having a healthy relationship with wealth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But in this photo, they are throwing money, not doing their job

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

their "job" is literally none other than being rich

throwing money is part of that

the other part is swimming in a pool of money

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Swimming in a pool of and throwing money arent jobs, they are hobbies

If they dont do anything other than that, they are jobless

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Richard Scarry to the rescue

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Does a muppet count?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Now I'm imagining a pig wearing programming socks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This makes me feel sad about my job, but i upvote anyway

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Ah, the pig is preparing soylent oligarch-green, a most sustainable job, I applaud you, pig.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The whole term sprung up when founding black panthers were studying police methodologies and found a precinct that used a pig as a mascot.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

A pig could sit in front of a computer in those books right? Right?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

There is a job that can be represented without any clothes at all.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Dumb question: what is this illustration from? I recognize the art style, but can't place it.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Busy World of Richard Scarry

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

looks like Richard Scarry

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

I could see a dressed up og sitting in front of a computer. That's like the rest of the jobs

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